- supposed - firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be"
Antonym: unexpected (indirect, via expected)
- supposed - mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"
Antonyms: probable, likely, plausible (indirect, via improbable)
- putative, purported, reputed, supposed - commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth"
Antonym: unacknowledged (indirect, via acknowledged)
- supposed - designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?"
Antonym: unintended (indirect, via intended)
- alleged, so-called, supposed - doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
Antonym: unquestionable (indirect, via questionable)
- supposed - required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"
Antonym: unobligated (indirect, via obligated)
- conjectural, divinatory, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious - based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "supposititious hypotheses"
Antonyms: empirical, empiric (indirect, via theoretical)
- suppose, say - express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
--1 is one way to speculate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun supposition1, noun supposal1
They suppose that there was a traffic accident
- think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
--2 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun supposition3, noun supposal2
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
--3 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun supposition3, noun supposal2
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- presuppose, suppose - take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
--4 is one way to assume, presume, take for granted
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- presuppose, suppose - require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
--5 is one way to imply
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something